Accenture to develop innovative analytics with the acquisition of OPS Rules

Accenture to develop innovative analytics with the acquisition of OPS Rules

Global consulting and technology services pioneer Accenture has acquired OPS Rules, a boutique analytics consulting company in an effort to expand its machine learning and operations analytics capabilities. Founded in 2012, OPS Rules specializes in the application of data science to create supply chain and operations analytics solutions. It is led by David Simchi-Levi, a Professor of Engineering Systems at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and renowned supply chain and operations analytics expert. Simchi-Levi and his team will soon be a part of Accenture Analytics, and Accenture’s Data Science Center of Excellence, an innovation team that deploys tactics to resolve immediate and complex client problems through advanced analytics approaches, including machine learning, deep learning, text analytics and more. “Under David Simchi-Levi’s leadership, the team at OPS Rules has been extremely innovative…